Ep 25 Orange

An episode of Goff's 3 Minute Histories

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That one time Key West broke up with America.....
Sources:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-conch-republic-key-west-florida
https://myfloridahistory.org/frontiers/article/14
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4x9n8d/that-time-the-florida-keys-tried-to-secede-from-the-us-by-dropping-conch-fritter-bombs
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Extended local history episode from my neck of the woods. The Ritchie Mines produced asphalt to pave some of the biggest cities in the world. Check it out. (Warning: This one misses the 3 minute mark by a bit.)
Sources:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/ritchie/history/ritchmin.txt
https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/86
http://www.newsandsentinel.com/opinion/local-columns/2017/11/look-back-ritchie-county-mines-railroad-fade-into-history/
http://www.newsandsentinel.com/opinion/local-columns/2017/11/look-back-danger-adventure-in-ritchie-mines/?fb_comment_id=1950219821766236_1993505074104377
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Join myself and special guest Grayson as we delve into the story of Lena Blackburne's famous mud and how it has shaped the game of baseball for 80 years.
Sources:
http://baseballrubbingmud.com/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/baseballs-secret-ingredient-mud/2017/03/31/af56eeaa-14c7-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Everything you didn't need to know about the most famous font in history.
Sources:
https://typographyforlawyers.com/a-brief-history-of-times-new-roman.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_New_Roman
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Dropping some knowledge on the Porcelain Pony.
Pt. 1 of the Turd Trilogy.
Special Thanks to Tyler Booth for help in recording audio effects for this episode.
Sources:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/turrets-toilets-partial-history-throne-room-180951788/
http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1940525,00.html
https://www.lancasterfarming.com/pondering-the-privy-a-history-of-outhouses/article_3f416eae-d0df-5d7f-9e70-3fcfb72a110a.html
https://phys.org/news/2015-11-toilets-sewers-ancient-roman-sanitation.html
Credit: https://www.purple-planet.com

A story about when a city said enough!
Sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/guardian-angels-photos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_Angels
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/guardian-angels-started-protecting-nyc-subways-article-1.804336
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Shhhh! *whispers* You're listening to a podcast about this history of libraries.
Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/library/The-history-of-libraries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_library
http://dorabwoodyard.lib.wv.us/
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

Remember your favorite hoodie you let your girlfriend wear in high school and never got back? Me neither, check out the history of hoodies.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodie
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-history-of-the-hoodie-237791/
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

This local history podcast features the last public hanging in West Virginia. We miss the 3 minute mark, but I think it's worth it if you hang in there.
FYI: Graphic Content
Sources:
http://www.wvculture.org/history/crime/hangingofjohnmorgan01.html
http://wvmetronews.com/2014/12/16/site-of-last-public-hanging-in-west-virginia-marked-in-jackson-county/
http://www.hurherald.com/cgi-bin/db_scripts/articles?Action=user_view&db=hurheral_articles&id=51378
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainey_Bethea
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

No matter how you slice it, every boy wants one, every man should carry one, the short history of the pocket knife.
Sources:
http://appalachianmagazine.com/2018/10/24/the-kind-of-men-who-carry-pocketknives/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocketknife
https://gallantry.com/blogs/journal/the-complete-history-of-the-pocket-knife
Music:
http://freemusicarchive.org

Nobody panic at the title, just give it a listen. How the Mouse House was able to pay the thanks to one of history's most notorious tyrants.
Sources:
https://blogs.shu.edu/ww2-0/1942/09/12/mickey-mouse-gets-drafted/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney%27s_World_War_II_propaganda_production
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_for_Death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkc2yAaU3CY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn20oXFrxxg&t=142s
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

The short history of the world's most versatile piece of clothing. Blue jeans baby!
Sources:
http://www.historyofjeans.com/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/the-origin-of-blue-jeans-89612175/
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17101768
Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Remember, remember!
The fifth of November,
The Gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!
Celebrating the 413th Anniversary of the Gunpowder Treason Plot. A holiday celebrating the man who failed at carrying it out.
http://www.potw.org/archive/potw405.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot
Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

This podcast is brought to you by the letter V. This podcast is a story from the book Last Hope Island by Lynne Olson about the graffiti that helped ignite the European resistance movement against the Nazi War Machine in WWII. I know this this may be slightly over 3 minutes, but let’s be honest, most of them will be so ignore the false advertising and get ready for some knowledge bombs about to be dropped.
Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood that Helped Turn the Tide of War by Lynne Olson
Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

This Halloween special is a double stuff edition meaning it's double time. This is our first mystery podcast. Hope you enjoy!
Show Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wirt_(Attorney_General)
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/08/would-you-be-interested-in-getting-attorney-general-william-wirts-head-back-rebecca-roberts-brings-us-a-tale-from-the-congressional-cemetery/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/19/AR2005101902374.html
Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music